Spiffy is an English word with synonyms like dapper or fashionable. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Spiffy in a sentence
Spiffy meaning
Dapper; fine or neat, especially in style of clothing or other appearance.
Using Spiffy
- The main meaning on this page is: Dapper; fine or neat, especially in style of clothing or other appearance.
- Useful related words include: dapper, fashionable, spruce, snappy.
- In the example corpus, spiffy often appears in combinations such as: spiffy new, spiffy in.
Context around Spiffy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 3 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Spiffy
- In this selection, "spiffy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, looks, wearing, pretty, new, flares and kitchen stand out and add context to how "spiffy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include be looking spiffy in a and browser some spiffy new superpowers. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "spiffy" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with spiffy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It's pretty spiffy, y'all. (6 words)
Shouldn't the topic be spliffy instead of spiffy? (9 words)
It would spiffy if you could automate the process. (9 words)
Distortion Tank Bar (Wandsworth Road): We think we've only ever had one or two Distortion beers, but they were mighty good — and this taproom, where six different brews are served fresh from the tank, looks spiffy in a sci-fi sorta way. (43 words)
In a glorious clip from 1975, Blue Peter's Peter Purvis, wearing spiffy flares, boards a subway carriage and explains to the presumably agog young viewers: "Trains first ran in 1896. (31 words)
While M8’s exterior is eye-catching its interior is particularly spiffy, not exactly what we’ve come to expect from German automakers, although that’s been changing of late. (30 words)
Guess where Drew went, sporting his spiffy new handcrafted “DM Hunk” merch? (12 words)
Shouldn't the topic be spliffy instead of spiffy? (9 words)
Now, let's give your browser some spiffy new superpowers, shall we? (12 words)
Don’t miss one of America’s most popular comedies in a spiffy new production that will slay you with laughter! (21 words)
Example sentences (17)
Distortion Tank Bar (Wandsworth Road): We think we've only ever had one or two Distortion beers, but they were mighty good — and this taproom, where six different brews are served fresh from the tank, looks spiffy in a sci-fi sorta way.
I'd also like to hear from Subby on why they thought this was spiffy.
In a glorious clip from 1975, Blue Peter's Peter Purvis, wearing spiffy flares, boards a subway carriage and explains to the presumably agog young viewers: "Trains first ran in 1896.
We’re talking new windows, siding, a spiffy kitchen, plus a heat pump and air-conditioning.
Guess where Drew went, sporting his spiffy new handcrafted “DM Hunk” merch?
It means that there are new versions of three favourite Kindles and one entirely new one, which comes with a spiffy colour screen.
It's pretty spiffy, y'all.
Mugato: There's nothing "Spiffy" about an unstable Ruskie with nuclear weapons going broke over a war that he said would be over in a couple weeks.
Shouldn't the topic be spliffy instead of spiffy?
You can bet Zende will be looking spiffy in a special date outfit of his own as he works to impress Luna.
Below are a handful of my picks for pre-work workouts to spiffy work clothes to after five delights.
Don’t miss one of America’s most popular comedies in a spiffy new production that will slay you with laughter!
While M8’s exterior is eye-catching its interior is particularly spiffy, not exactly what we’ve come to expect from German automakers, although that’s been changing of late.
It would spiffy if you could automate the process.
Now, let's give your browser some spiffy new superpowers, shall we?
That casing is one of the reasons the Oasis looks so spiffy.
While metro systems in China are spiffy and new, you usually need to walk ten to 15 minutes after you get off a stop.
Common combinations with spiffy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- spiffy new 3×
- spiffy in 2×